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Marmalade Cocktail

Name: Marmalade Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 barspoon Orange marmalade; 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
3 barspoon	Orange marmalade
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura (optional)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR 3 flat barspoons of marmalade (15-20ml) with other ingredients in base of shaker to dissolve the marmalade.
SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

First published in the 1925 book Drinks Long & Short by Nina Toye and A. H. Adair (with thanks to Nicola Piazza for discovering this) and repeated five years later in Harry Craddock's influential The Savoy Cocktail Book.

MARMALADE COCKTAIL
Sweet and slightly bitter, this cocktail is distinctly a luncheon aperitif. Two tablespoonfuls of marmalade (Cooper's Oxford Marmalade), the juice of one large juicy lemon or two small ones, and four glasses of gin are the ingredients of this cocktail. Shake well, and pinch a piece of fresh orange peel over each glass.
Nina Toye and A. H. Adair, Drinks Long & Short, 1925

MARMALADE COCKTAIL.
(6 people)
By its bitter-sweet taste this cocktail is especially suited to be a luncheon aperitif. Place the following mixture in the shaker :
2 Dessertspoonsful Orange Marmalade.
The Juice of 1 big or 2 small Lemons.
4 Glasses Gin.
Shake carefully and pour out, squeezing a piece of orange rind into each glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Review

To quote Harry Craddock from his 1930 book, "By its bitter-sweet taste this cocktail is especially suited to be a luncheon aperitif."

Variations/similar cocktails

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Milanese Breakfast Martini - with orange marmalade, dry gin, red bitter liqueur, lemon juice and prosecco.
Paddington Bear Martini - with orange marmalade, dry gin, pisco and bianco vermouth.
Breakfast Gimlet - with orange marmalade, dry gin, lime cordial and lemon juice.
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Lucinda Zinyemba 2y

I enjoyed this drink just before lunchtime fresh and vibrant.

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